finally buttoned up... ready for super/cam
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finally buttoned up... ready for super/cam
finally got the hu/speakers/door panels/other interior bits all packed back together, ready to drop it off for new rims/tires and supercharger/cam install … my wife gets my parking spot for the next few weeks :-)
Here's the "before" pic... shame I can't find the dyno printout from when I did the exhaust/tune..
Here's the "before" pic... shame I can't find the dyno printout from when I did the exhaust/tune..
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Congrats, and good luck. I know from experience, it's gonna be a totally different car when you get it back.
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Optimistically, I'm gunning for 500 ish hp (last dyno iirc, with headers/exhaust/intake/tune was at 360).. but at least north of 475.
But we'll see :-)
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Are you getting the A&A kit?
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Gotcha! I only have experience with the A&A. I know the A&A with a cam and the headers/exhaust you already have would very easily make 500rwhp. Do you know roughly how many pounds of boost you'll be looking at? I gained 188 RWHP at 10 PSI. That was with the stock cam and exhaust manifold.
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Gotcha! I only have experience with the A&A. I know the A&A with a cam and the headers/exhaust you already have would very easily make 500rwhp. Do you know roughly how many pounds of boost you'll be looking at? I gained 188 RWHP at 10 PSI. That was with the stock cam and exhaust manifold.
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You should be able to hit 500rwhp easily then. I suspect with the cam and headers that 10 PSI will get you closer to 550+rwhp. Are you running the stock transmission? I bring this up as you're potentially getting up to a point that you'll want to upgrade. My transmission was destroyed during the first dyno pull after the A&A install. I ended up upgrading to a stage 5 transmission from RPM. You might be fine with the stock transmission though. It's right on that borderline.
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You should be able to hit 500rwhp easily then. I suspect with the cam and headers that 10 PSI will get you closer to 550+rwhp. Are you running the stock transmission? I bring this up as you're potentially getting up to a point that you'll want to upgrade. My transmission was destroyed during the first dyno pull after the A&A install. I ended up upgrading to a stage 5 transmission from RPM. You might be fine with the stock transmission though. It's right on that borderline.
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Indeed! Sounds like you have the right attitude. I look forward to hearing how it turns out.
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slight switch in direction... decided to go with an A&A --- I still have a marginal preference for a roots, but since the Eforce isn't supported on the c5, I'll end up having to add on a kit like lingenfelder (sure I'm misspelling that) to adapt it ... and get a new hood. I'd rather get something that has continued support.
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Going to be a whole new car in terms of performance when you get it back from the shop. Let us know the dyno results.
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slight switch in direction... decided to go with an A&A --- I still have a marginal preference for a roots, but since the Eforce isn't supported on the c5, I'll end up having to add on a kit like lingenfelder (sure I'm misspelling that) to adapt it ... and get a new hood. I'd rather get something that has continued support.
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slight switch in direction... decided to go with an A&A --- I still have a marginal preference for a roots, but since the Eforce isn't supported on the c5, I'll end up having to add on a kit like lingenfelder (sure I'm misspelling that) to adapt it ... and get a new hood. I'd rather get something that has continued support.
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